Narrator: “Although the sun was shining and all seemed content on the shores of Lake Huron that warm July afternoon, Molly the Seagul and Tariq the Fish were not happy.”
Molly: “You know, it’s those darn Zebra mussels comin’ in here and taking over the place! They’re everywhere!”
Tariq: “Tell me about it, I can go anywhere without running...er...swimming into ‘em!,and they eat all the phytoplankton too!”
Molly: “It’s their fault, you know, that our watery homes are full of toxins’, with so many of them taking over, it’s waste city!..”
Tariq: “I know! Don’t they know to keep their toxins to themselves??!”
Molly: “You know some my sister’s seagull pups have been feeling really sick from the toxins, and acting funny too...blast those zebra mussels!!!!
Narrator: Fred, the Zebra mussel overhears their conversation and is quite offended.
Fred: “Hey! I can hear you talkin’ about me and my people...my mussels!”
Molly: “Ohh..uhhh..we weren’t talkin’ about zebra mussels, Fred, we were talkin’ about our friend...uhh... Frida Brussels”
Fred: “Oh nonsense...I know you were talkin’ about me and my folk. We’ve felt unwelcomed by you creatures ever since we arrived! But there’s a lot you don’t know about us!”
Tariq: “Oh, ya? Like what?”
Fred: “Well, we never wanted to come to the Great Lakes in the first place. We were taken out against our will. We’re originally from the Caspian Sea. I miss my old home and my family members and friends who were left behind.”
Molly: “So the humans must have brought you over! That’s horrible. To be taken away from your family and friends against your will? Tariq, how could we have been so insensitive?”
Tariq: “We didn’t know any better, Molly. But I guess now we do. It’s not the Zebra Mussels’ fault, it’s the humans’ fault!”
Fred: “What isn’t?”
Narrator: And they all laughed and watch the sun set over the lake together, as friends.
Setting
Shores of Lake Huron, Ontario
Characters
Molly the Segull
Tariq the Fish
Fred the Zebra Mussel
Script
Narrator: “Although the sun was shining and all seemed content on the shores of Lake Huron that warm July afternoon, Molly the Seagul and Tariq the Fish were not happy.”
Molly: “You know, it’s those darn Zebra mussels comin’ in here and taking over the place! They’re everywhere!”
Tariq: “Tell me about it, I can go anywhere without running...er...swimming into ‘em!,and they eat all the phytoplankton too!”
Molly: “It’s their fault, you know, that our watery homes are full of toxins’, with so many of them taking over, it’s waste city!..”
Tariq: “I know! Don’t they know to keep their toxins to themselves??!”
Molly: “You know some my sister’s seagull pups have been feeling really sick from the toxins, and acting funny too...blast those zebra mussels!!!!
Narrator: Fred, the Zebra mussel overhears their conversation and is quite offended.
Fred: “Hey! I can hear you talkin’ about me and my people...my mussels!”
Molly: “Ohh..uhhh..we weren’t talkin’ about zebra mussels, Fred, we were talkin’ about our friend...uhh... Frida Brussels”
Fred: “Oh nonsense...I know you were talkin’ about me and my folk. We’ve felt unwelcomed by you creatures ever since we arrived! But there’s a lot you don’t know about us!”
Tariq: “Oh, ya? Like what?”
Fred: “Well, we never wanted to come to the Great Lakes in the first place. We were taken out against our will. We’re originally from the Caspian Sea. I miss my old home and my family members and friends who were left behind.”
Molly: “So the humans must have brought you over! That’s horrible. To be taken away from your family and friends against your will? Tariq, how could we have been so insensitive?”
Tariq: “We didn’t know any better, Molly. But I guess now we do. It’s not the Zebra Mussels’ fault, it’s the humans’ fault!”
Fred: “What isn’t?”
Narrator: And they all laughed and watch the sun set over the lake together, as friends.
Sources
Great Lakes Information Centre (2011). Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes Region. Retrieved at: http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/zebra.html#overview